November 7, 2004
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breakfast -
too good not to share
Last
time Greyfox came up the valley for a visit, he brought a box of
satsuma mandarins. The first of the holiday citrus was in the
stores and the price was good. But some of the fruit was
underripe. Some looked okay, but on the rind of most of it was a
distinct greenish cast. I tried one of the ripe-looking ones
first, and it was good. Next I tried one of the greenish ones –
sour, as expected.I fantasized a bit about slicing some in a bowl with sugar. When
I was little, all oranges tasted too sour to me and to get me to eat
them Mama would slice them and sprinkle sugar over the slices.
Although I’m abstaining from sugar, I am not denying myself
sweetness. I sliced two mandarins this morning, dropped seven or
eight drops of stevia extract on them and tossed them with a fork to
spread the sweetness around. The dish lacks the crunch of
granulated sugar, and it also lacks the glycemic rush and the
subsequent sugar cravings I’d have if I indulged in that addictive food.The muffin contains sorghum, garbanzo and fava bean flours, yogurt and dried figs. The tea is ( I should say was,
because I’ve finished off the meal as I saved and uploaded the pic and
wrote this) a blend of roasted yerba maté, rare darjoolong, and stevia
leaves. I’m on my way back for a second cup of tea now.
Comments (9)
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Share share… my mouth is watering!
What a lovely breakfast! Thanks for sharing and also thank you for your comment in my blog!
#63… indeed I don’t agree with the ‘product’ the company I work for makes. See, they send out mailings via banks and insurance companies offering accidental death insurance and overpricing it tremendously. My work is computerwork and I am not actively involved with finding insurers, making the mailings, etc., but I am a little part that keeps the machine rolling. How I deal with it? By thinking about what I’m doing, and also by looking for another job…
It’s always a struglle between your ideals and the bread you need to feed yourself.
Hasta la vista!
now i am really hungry…wish i had one of your breakfasts…yummm…enjoy…Sassy
Smother that in bacon and eggs with sausage and hashbrowns on the side and ya got a good breakie…
I have half a box of those sour mandarins in my kitchen.
What’s stevia extract?
Oh god, mitch had to bring up bacon and eggs, I am salivating to death. . . .I’ll have my usual cold cereal with a sliced banana, black coffee. . . .
Copy for WACO thing:
WACO HOLIDAY BAZAAR
Willow Community Center, Willow
November 20, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Great food and lots of free parking
Double-dip time–there should be a money order coming to me, c/o Greyfox’s Last Stand, with luck it will be there Thursday–if not, or if it is and you decide not to come to town, I’ll come up and get it, my pension check, drop off some clothes. And we can torture the dog.